Getting your licence back
Access information to help you understand how to get your licence back after being suspended, cancelled or disqualified from driving, including information on being case managed.
Getting your licence back is different depending on what sort of licence you held when you got suspended.
If you’ve been disqualified from driving or are serving a period of ineligibility, you’ll receive a letter 28 days before the end of your disqualification. This will let you know what you have to do to get your licence back. This can include:
If your licence is approved after your disqualification period has ended, you can go to Service Tasmania to get your licence reissued (you’ll also need to pay the associated fees and provide full evidence of identity).
Case management helps individuals return to driving (or riding) safely. It does this by taking into account your past driving/riding behaviours and convictions and developing approaches to assist and modify your behaviours that have resulted in offences in the past.
You can also check out the Decision Making Guidelines for Driver Returning from Periods of Disqualification or Suspension (PDF) and Driver Licensing Case Management Framework (PDF)
Every licence holder who has a period of licence loss will be assessed for case management, taking into account their past driving, periods of licence loss and traffic infringements. If you have a pattern of unsafe or illegal driving behaviours, you may be case managed.
Being case managed can include the following: